The Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) has awarded Orbital ATK and SpaceX a total of $80 million in “Other Transaction Agreements” (OTAs) for work connected to its …
NASA’s Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP) issued its annual report today. While complimenting NASA in some areas, its key message is cautioning about what it perceives as an “accretion of …
NASA astronauts will continue flying on Russia’s Soyuz spacecraft even after U.S. commercial crew systems come on line and Russian cosmonauts will fly on the U.S. systems according to NASA …
Nine years ago today China conducted a test of an antisatellite (ASAT) weapon against one of its own satellites, creating more than 3,000 pieces of space debris and earning international …
Here is our list of space policy related events for the week of January 10-15, 2016. The House and Senate are in session this week. During the Week President Obama’s …
The Satellite Industry Association (SIA) is looking for a new Director of Policy to succeed Sam Black, who is leaving SIA to join the government. SIA is a trade association …
Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush said yesterday in New Hampshire that NASA has “lost its purpose” and needs an “aspirational purpose.” Although he did not reference it, his comments come …
Senator John McCain (R-AZ) issued a new “America’s Most Wasted: Runaway Spending” list today presenting what he considers prime examples of wasted taxpayer resources. A NASA project to help explain …
NASA formally established a Planetary Defense Coordination Office (PDCO) today. It will not only consolidate supervision of NASA’s various asteroid and comet Near Earth Object (NEO) detection and tracking programs, …
Editor’s Note: I received word today that two highly respected colleagues at Space News are leaving that publication. An email from Space News Publisher Bill Klanke last month announced that …